The gothic horror of America’s Deep South is conjured up in Hippana Theatre’s entertaining new show, Alabama God Damn. In a captivating piece of storytelling
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The gothic horror of America’s Deep South is conjured up in Hippana Theatre’s entertaining new show, Alabama God Damn. In a captivating piece of storytelling
Read moreWhen I hear the name Timmy, I’m transported back to children’s television and memories of The Famous Five and a man with a giant pink
Read moreSat hungover on a shabby sofa-bed, Brenda is stuck. She is finding it as hard to escape the place where she grew up as she
Read moreDon McCamphill puts life on a council estate in Northern Ireland under the microscope in his compelling new drama Vivarium. It focuses on bright but
Read moreYou can almost smell the cakes and pastries being made in the new stage adaptation of chef and food writer Nigel Slater’s memoir Toast. As
Read moreAnyone who has experience of a toxic relationship will recognise the mix of bitterness, pain and love contained in Oscar Wilde’s De Profundis. It was
Read moreDavid Greig and Gordon McIntyre have returned to their smash hit “play with songs”, Midsummer, giving it a broader, more visual appeal. Originally staged in
Read moreFelicity is on a first date with what appears to be the perfect man but she’s been trapped in the bathroom for nearly half an
Read moreWhen it was announced that a musical called Hamilton was opening at London’s Victoria Palace Theatre, some people responded (seriously or jokingly) by ridiculing the
Read moreMaddie Rice has been going solo for the past year with an acclaimed performance in Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag but she has now shown she has
Read moreIan Kershaw’s new play may not be the greatest ever in the history of the world but it may well have the biggest heart. In
Read moreA large apartment on Edinburgh’s Broughton Street has been turned into a performance space by The Pleasance for this year’s Fringe, home to Power Play,
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